Since I have been here,
neither I am a believer,
nor even a skeptic.
I watch myself thoroughly,
I dig myself deeply,
but I find no clue:
what was my father’s religion?
what was my mother’s nationality?
did I have any faith in anything?
Don’t you see that?
There is no way back then anymore,
you left me nothing here:
not even a head to turn it back,
not even two feet to walk me there.
Shams Tabrizi
Translated by Mehrdad
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